Leaves: 2–6, linear to linear-lanceolate, 10–25 × 0.2–0.8 cm, canaliculate, glabrous, green; basal cataphylls persistent.
الأزهار
Inflorescence & flowers: Racemes 5–15 cm, with 20–50 flowers. Fertile flowers tubular-campanulate, 4–6 mm, dull greenish to brownish-violet with paler margin, constricted at the mouth, pedicels patent to reflexed. Sterile apical flowers brighter violet-blue, smaller, often persistent.
Habitat & elevation: Steppe grasslands, open rocky slopes, shrub margins, and light woodlands; prefers calcareous soils, moist in autumn–spring and dry in summer; 200–1,600 m.
Phenology: Flowers March–May; fruits ripen early summer.
الانتشار الموثق
Native range: Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechia–Slovakia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon–Syria, North Caucasus, NW. Balkan Peninsula, Palestine, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine. (KEW)
الارتفاع الموثق
الارتفاع
200–1,600 m
لمحة نباتية
بنية النبات
Life-form & habit: Bulbous perennial geophyte, 15–40 cm tall; bulb ovoid, 2.5–4.5 cm, covered with grey-brown papery tunics; adventitious roots numerous, up to 8 cm, branched.